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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the halfway house that Ms. Rain and the girls find for Precious to live?
(a) Bronx
(b) Harlem
(c) Long Island
(d) Brooklyn

2. While at the temporary shelter Mrs. Butter suggested, who tells Precious to put her bag in bed with her?
(a) The supervisor
(b) An old man
(c) A girl she knew from her previous school
(d) A drug addict

3. What does Precious promise her unborn baby as she speaks to it?
(a) To be a better mom than Mary
(b) To send the baby to a good school
(c) To keep the baby safe
(d) To teach the baby how to read

4. Why does Precious claim the students listen to her?
(a) They respect her
(b) They like her
(c) They are scared of her
(d) They do not like Mr. Wicher

5. What is Precious doing when she returns back to present time from the memory of Little Mongo in Chapter 1?
(a) Sneaking out to the Alternative School
(b) Knitting a surprise for Little Mongo
(c) Learning how to read
(d) Hiding from her mother

Short Answer Questions

1. After fighting with her mother, why does Precious take Abdul and go to the Emergency Room?

2. Why is Mrs. Lichenstein at Precious' house when time returns to the present in Chapter 1?

3. What do the girls learn as a group at the Alternative School?

4. Who does Mary tell Precious has died of AIDS?

5. Where is Rhonda from?

(see the answer key)

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